Edwardsville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Morristown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13646. It lies near Booths Island. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Brier Hill quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Edwardsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Edwardsville: 15 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Point Deposit | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quartz Syenite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pope Mills Deposit | Graphite | Past Producer | 1895, 1945 | |
| Pope Mills Deposit | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| East Bigelow Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| F.E. Turner Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Magnetite Prospect Pit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Magnetite Prospect Pit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Magnetite Prospect Pit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwardsville in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsville | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsville | $5,000 | A couple of uprooted trees in Edwardsville. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsville | $2,000 | Numerous large limbs and branches downed by thunderstorm winds in local campground. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsville | - | Measured wind gust of 59 mph. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope Mills | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Cedars | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Brier Hill | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Ruby Corner | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Black Lake (historical) | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Morristown Center | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Morristown | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Terrace Park | 5.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976284. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







